Sand pail



Oct. .19, 1948. s. 1.. BEDER 2,451,711

SAND PAIL Filed Dec. 22, 1945 l N VEN TOR.

Patented Oct. 19, 1948 SAND PAIL Samuel L. Beder,

New York, N. Y., assignor of one-half to Irwin F. Mills Associates, New York,

N. Y., a partnership Application December 22, 1945, Serial No. 636,741 8 Claims. (Cl. 46-46) This invention relates to improvements in sand pails for use by children on beaches and has for its main object to provide a handy assembly of sand working accessories in conjunction withthe pail for the purpose of conveniencing the carrying-about of the pail as well as the working out of the various molded shapes.

A further object of this invention is to provide a simple, efiicient and inexpensive sand working apparatus consisting of pail, sand sifter, sand scoop and sand molds all neatly and snugly assembled for easy manipulation in a carrying pail which contains also the sand to be worked into varied shapes.

Another object of this invention is to provide a sand pail of frusto-conical configuration for frictionally holding in removable relationship a dish-shaped sand sifter at its upper end, also frusto-conical in shape, as well as a sand shovel or scoop beneath it, while sand molds are adapted to be seated in the sand sifter.

A still further object of provide a special form of a sand sifter for use in being conveniently positioned in the pail at its upper end and for the purpose of removably holding a series of internested mold-s, being so shaped and arranged as to receive in projecting relation centrally thereof the handle of a sand shovel which is lodged in the pail below the sifter.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a sectional sand molding apparatus specially constructed so as to be conveniently assembled and supported in the sand sifter whereby it is positioned in the upper part of the pail where it is disposed flush with the rim of the pail, said mold apparatus having a central hole for the reception in projecting relation of the handle of a sand shovel lodged in said pail below the mold apparatus.

A still further object thereof is to provide a sand shovel of special construction whereby it may be used interchangeably either as a scoop or a shovel by providing the scoop handle with an elongated extension handle which projects through the central hole formed both in the mold and in the sifter containing the same, while both are supported inside the top of the pail, whereby by lifting the handle at a point above the mold the scoop may eject both sifterand mold from the pail.

In the assembly of all the parts in the pail the molds will act as a cover to close in the sand carried in the pail, while the elongated extension handle of the scoop projects above the molds to serve as a means of ejecting the contained parts of the sand apparatus.

With the above and other objects in view my this invention is to invention consists in the combination, arrangement and details of construction disclosed in the drawings and specification, and then more particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

In the drawings wherein similar reference characters designate similar parts throughout the respective views,

Figure l is a perspective view of my invention with all parts in assembled order,

Figure 2 is a perspective view of the sand sifter,

Figure 3 is a perspective view of the sectional mold shown in disassembled relationship,

Figure 4 couples together perspectively the sand scoop and its removable elongated auxiliary handle, and

Figure 5 is a perspective view of the assembled parts of the sand scoop.

In the drawings, which are merely illustrative of my invention, a cylindrically frusto-conical shaped pail I0 is disclosed for holding beach sand, its outer widest portion being designated H, a suitable ball 12 being carried by the pail. A sand sifter is provided to fit frictionally and removably into the upper part of the pail, being formed in shape of a dish or pan I4, frusto-conical in configuration, and having a reticulated bottom I! serving as a sieve, and also formed with a conblade centric tubular shaped hub Hi to provide a bore I6 therein.

There is'provided for removing the sand from the pail a sand scoop consisting of the scraper I8 and horse-shoe shaped side flange [9, a handle 20 extending beyond the scoop having a tubular internally screw threaded section into which may be conveniently screwed the externally screw threaded reduced plug 22 formed upon the extension auxiliary handle 2|.

There is also provided a circular series of sectorshaped preferably plastic molds 24, 25 and 26, each of which has oppositely extending converging sides 2'! and 28 with an arcuate edge 29 at its narrowest end or part. Each mold is formed with a depression 21a shaped to the outline of any desired figure to be shaped out of sand. The sand may first be placed in the pail l0 and then by placing the sifter l4 and the segmental molds 23, 24 and 25 in proper assembled relation-ship in the pail so as to provide a unitary insert, various figures may be molded or formed by inverting the pail and then sifting'the sand into a mold of the proper configuration desired, after being removed from the molds the sand figures will be found to retain their shape. It will be understood that the child can use the shovel in the ordinary way for scooping sand out of the pail or for filling the latter with sand.

It will be readily seen that after the pail is to insert handle 2! thru the tubular hub I 6' thereof so it projects through hole 16', to position this handle upright so it projects above the top of the pail as shown in Figure l-next the circular series of molds 24, 25 and 26, which form a disk when nested in interfitted relation, are

seated snugly in the dish or pan-ofthe sifter l4' so their converging sides 21 and 28 contact, providing the seam lines 38 illustrated in Figure 1. Thus assembled, all the moldscollectively provide a central hole 32. It will be seen that the tubular shaped hub ft of the sifter projects through thisopening 32 and that the handle 2| of the shovel extends through this tubular hub lfi'of the sifter; with the mold sections thus supported in the pail, the child grasps hold of the. protruding handle 2 I, lifts same, and, in doing so will also lift the sieve or sifter M and contained moldsections out of the pail because the scoop shoulders which lie astride the handle 20 will contact bottom of the sifter. In operation each separate pail accessory is adapted to perform its regular function when removed from association with each other. Thus the shovel is used by thechild to fill the pail with sand or to remove sand from the pail. The sifter or sieve is employed to separate the finer particles of sand from the coarser ones, the fine sand being better for molding and same is then poured and packed into the depressions 21a of the molds. When turned out, depending on the childs ability a moulded shape is produced. The sifter may be used by being held in position above the molds and the finer sand sifted directly into the molds. With dry sand, of course, the shape'imparted by the mold will be lost when the sand is emptied from the mold. The sifter houses the mold sections, and when in place the various sections form a round central bore which hugs the hub of the siften What I desire to claim andsecure by Letters Patent is: a

l. A device as described consisting of a pail, frusto-conical in configuration, a dish-shaped sifter also frusto-cnical in shape frictionally seated concealedly in said pail and having a central tubular hub, a plurality of sector-shaped sand molds nested around said hub and snugly received in said sifter, and a shovel lodged in said pail beneath said sifter and having a handle protruding into and through the tubular hub of said sifter above said pail.

2. In combination a frusto-conically-shaped pail, a frusto-conically-shaped sifter dish seated snugly in the upper part of said pail and having a concentric tubular hub, a plurality of sectorshaped sand molds removably and snugly clustered around said hub in said sifter dish so their outer exposed surfaces are disposed flush with the top edge of the pail, and a shovel lodged in said pail below said sifter dish having an elongated handle projecting through said tubular hub of the sifter dish to extend'above the pail, and a bail carried by said pail of a length to swingably clear the projecting shovel handle.

3. In a device as described'a sifter a reticulated bottom and a tubular shaped hub, and a plurality of complemen'tal sector-shaped sand molds having a complemental arcua'te edge at their narrow parts so arranged and disposed that when all molds-are coupled snugly together dish having 4 and seated cylindrically in said sifter dish all of the arcuate edges thereof form a, hole which registers with the bore of said tubular hub.

4. A sand pail of frusto-conical construction having a sand shovel resting on the bottom of said pail vvith an elongated handle? projecting above the'top of the pail, a disk-of-a diameter less than the widest part of the pail and having a central hole through which the shovel handle projects, and a circular series of segmentally arranged separate sand molds having frustoconical peripheral surfaces which collectively and removably fit into said pail contacting the inner surface of the disk, all of said assembled molds complementally providing a central hole through which said handle extends, whereby on lifting saidhandle the shovel shoulders lift said disk and molds out of the pail.

.5; ,In'combination'uwitha sand pail carrying a bail and being frusto-conical, in cross-section, a

sand shovel consisting of a scoop resting on the bottom of the pail and an elongatedhandle ex,- tending outside and above said pail, aci-rcular series of sector-shapedsand molds being collectively frusto-conical in cross-section, means surrounding said shovel handle, located inside the pail for supporting the circularseries of molds in assembled relation flush with the upper edge.

of the pail and havingconcentric complementary hole-forming arcuategedges, through which hole the shovel handle projects so in lifting the handle externally of'the pail the scoop ejects the means and supported molds from thepail'.

6. As a new article of manufacture adishshaped sifter having a concentric hub, and a cir-.

cular series of sector-shaped sandmolds. interfitted together so as to snugly rest contactingly in said sifter topresent fiat outer surfaces flush with the rim of the dish-shaped sifter, all of said assembled molds providing a central hole through which said hub projects and around which, pielike, the molds are clustered.

7. The combination of a frusto conical pail,

a frusto-conical sand-sifterdish snugly seated in the top of the pail and formed with a hole, a mold device seated within said pail and also havinga hole, a sand shovel embedded in the sandinside of the pail and having an elongated handle projecting through both holes above said dish whereby when the handle is lifted the shovel may eject the dish and mold device from the pail.

8. A device assdescribed consisting-of a frustoconical sand pail having an opening, a frusto conical sand sifter snugly seated in the upper part of the pail to coverthe sand'therein and having a central hole, a sand scoop imbedded in' the sand inside the pailand having areduced terminal plug designed to screw into the tubular scoop handle to extend the length of the scoop to convert sameinto a. shovel, the lengthened handle of the. scoop projecting throughthe opening in said pail and through the hole of the sifter whereby when it is lifted, the sifter will be ejected from the pail.

- SAMUEL L. BEDER.

REFERENCES CITED The following ref erences'are .of record in the file of this. patent; )g I EonEIGNPA'rENTs Number 7 Country Date France Mar. 14,1938 

